1. Readers use text features as a source for finding information. 2. Readers can develop skills to understand persuasive techniques and to distinguish
fact from opinion.
3. Determine author’s purpose based on organizational structures, text
features, and content
Essential QUESTIONS:
1. How does understanding the author’s purpose help readers comprehend the text?
How do text structures affect our understanding of various texts? 2. How do authors use text features to highlight information? 3. How are conclusions different from evaluations? 4. How can an author’s perspective inform readers or persuade the readers to change
their thinking?
What is persuasion?
How can I identify two points of view?
How do I create a strong opinion statement?
How can the EBSCO database help me identify the best and most current resources for my argument?
Students will KNOW:
When readers become aware of how an author writes, they can increase their own sentence fluency when they are writing. (Comic books are creative genres that use
dialogue, mood, and setting to entertain or make a point.)
Readers can develop skills to understand persuasive techniques and to distinguish
fact from opinion.
Determine author’s purpose based on organizational structures, text features, and content
Students will be UNDERSTAND:
How can an author’s perspective inform readers or persuade the readers to change their thinking?
Students will be ABLE TO:
define persuasion
take a stance on an issue and identify two points of view
develop an opinion statement using a complex sentence structure
use appropriate transitional expressions to move a reader from one key point to the next
research and find factual explanations, real life examples, and evidence to back up claims
understand the use of a counter argument
1) Mentor Text 1: Read and annotate the mentor text.
Jigsaw Activity
Nature of Reading, Writing, and Communicating:
1. Readers use text features as a source for finding information.
2. Readers can develop skills to understand persuasive techniques and to distinguish
fact from opinion.
3. Determine author’s purpose based on
organizational structures, text
features, and content
Essential QUESTIONS:
1. How does understanding the author’s purpose help readers comprehend the text?
How do text structures affect our understanding of various texts?
2. How do authors use text features to highlight information?
3. How are conclusions different from evaluations?
4. How can an author’s perspective inform readers or persuade the readers to change
their thinking?
Students will KNOW:
When readers become aware of how an author writes, they can increase their own
sentence fluency when they are writing. (Comic books are creative genres that use
dialogue, mood, and setting to entertain or make a point.)
Readers can develop skills to understand persuasive techniques and to distinguish
fact from opinion.
Determine author’s purpose based on organizational structures, text features, and content
Students will be UNDERSTAND:
How can an author’s perspective inform readers or persuade the readers to change their thinking?
Students will be ABLE TO:
1) Mentor Text 1: Read and annotate the mentor text.
Jigsaw Activity